Kord (tribe)

The Kord (Persian: کرد) were a historic tribal confederation during the rule of the Vali dynasty. The region of the confederation was historically known as the Kord belt in the southern parts of Posht-e-Kuh, which later became Ilam province. It mainly included the main tribes of Kordali, Shuhan, Kayidkhurda, and Dinarvand.

History

During the rule of the Vali dynasty, Posht-e-Kuh was divided into the "Kord belt" and "Mahaki belt", located in the southern and northern regions respectively. The regions were named after the local tribal confederations. The main Kurdish and Luri tribes of the Kord belt were the Kord (Kordali), Shuhan, Dinarvand, and Kayidkhurda. The tribes of Kord, Kayidkhorda, and Dinarvand were historically collectively called Kord-Ali-Khani under the Vali dynasty. Others claimed that during the rule of the Vali dynasty, the local tribes allied with the government formed a confederation known as Kordali (possibly short for Kurd-e Feyli), consisting of as many as the tribes of Kord (including Kol-e Kuh and Kol-e Pa), Khezel, Malekshahi, Dehbalayi, Panjasetuni, Kalhor-e Eyvan, Hazara-Arkawazi, Mishkhas, Shuhan, Dustan, Suramiri, Rizavand, Bijanvand, Payravand, Kayidkhurda, Dinarvand, groups of Beyranvand and Garavand, Kurdish tribes from the region known as Arab-Rudbar, and some Arab Ka'ab from Khuzestan who took refuge with the Vali in Dehloran. While there was historically little information on the tribes of Posht-e-Kuh, historians generally mentioned the Kord and Mahaki as the two major Feyli tribes of Posht-e-Kuh. Mehmed Hurşid Paşa listed them among the Feyli Kurdish tribes of Posht-e-Kuh.